"They played a lot harder tonight than they did last night," said Mooseheads forward Darcy Ashley. "Maybe as a team we didn't quite play like we did last night. I think there were stretches when we kind of backed off and they took the possession to us for a while. But we stuck with it and there were a couple of things we need to fix but, overall, this week we had three games and we won all three so it was a successful week."

The Mooseheads built a 3-1 lead off goals from Andrew Shewfelt, Jacob Jacques and Brent Andrews. But Adam Chapman and Alexandros Soumakis scored back-to-back midway through the second period to make it 3-3.

Ashley snapped the tie with a power-play goal with 3:03 left in regulation time after a nice set-up by Nikolaj Ehlers.

"Jo (Drouin) made a nice first pass up to Andrew Ryan on the wall and he chipped it to me," Ashley said. "I passed it back to Nik and he cut to the middle and I was open at the side of the net. He's got fantastic vision on the ice so any time you can get into an opening like that with him you know you're going to get the puck."

The goal by Jacques was the first of his QMJHL career. He was also named the third star, capping a memorable night for the player who was the final pick of the 2013 Quebec league draft.

"The feeling was pretty good, I was very happy," Jacques said. "Darcy made me a good pass and I just put the puck to the net. The guys did a pretty good job in front of the net screening the goalie. The puck (went) in and I was so happy."

The win was the Mooseheads' third in a row and ninth in their last 11 games. They remain in first place in the Maritimes Division with a 12-7 record.

"This team's identity's a lot different than last year's," Ashley said. "Last year we could roll our four lines and we had a lot of firepower. This year we've got a lot of young guys but you've got to give them credit, they're coming in and they're working. As guys coming back from last year, we've got to make sure we carry more of the offensive load and just lead them in the right direction."

Robert Pelletier was the Titan's other scorer. Zachary Fucale stopped 11 shots for Halifax and Jacob Brennan was outstanding in a 24-save performance for Bathurst. He was the game's second star.

"He played well again tonight," Ashley said. "He played great last night and he held them in there again tonight. He's got a really good glove so we're going to have to pay attention to that next time we play them. But he's one of the better goalies in the league so you've got to give him some credit."

For the second straight game, the Mooseheads also kept the Titan's shots to a minimum. Bathurst only had 17 shots on goal on Friday and that number dropped to 15 on Saturday.

"When you can limit (their) offensive chances, you're giving yourself a chance to win every night," Ashley said. "We didn't get as many shots tonight as we would like, and not as much traffic, but we got four goals and they got three so that gives us two points."

The next step for the Mooseheads will be a long three-game road trip to Gatineau, Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or next week.

"We know what Rouyn and Val-d'Or are like, we played them here last week," Ashley said. "They're hard-working teams and it's always fun playing games that you know you have a challenge going into it. And Gatineau, they're very well coached and they've got a hard-working team there. It's always a tough place to play. It's one of those trips you can come together a lot as a team and it's road trips like that that help you build toward winning a championship at the end of the year."

Drakkar 5, Screaming Eagles 4: At Baie-Comeau, Que., Alexis Vanier scored on the power play with five seconds left in the game to give the Drakkar the win.

Valentin Zykov added a pair of goals for Baie-Comeau, Frederic Gamelin had a goal and two assists and Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau picked up a goal and an assist.

Notes: Mooseheads captain Trey Lewis and winger Ryan Falkenham are both out with a hip injuries, defenceman Jesse Lussier has a concussion and forwards Max Lindsay and Liam Alcalde were healthy scratches.